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‘Quarantined’ by Gregory Ross

The Society
March 27, 2022
Beauty, Covid-19, Poetry, Rondeau
2 Comments
. Quarantined Against the wind, our candles out, The smoke will rise, we have no doubt, Yet in the dark with all our kin, We’ll strike a match and crack a grin, And once alight, our joy will sprout. All...

‘Reflections on a Visit to Salem’ by Brian Yapko

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February 15, 2022
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Reflections on a Visit to Salem I wander down a haunted, cobbled street And watch the sun rise red above the sea. The maple leaves have turned to red as well. October’s come and Salem is replete With...

‘Ode to Joy’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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February 5, 2022
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Music, Poetry
29 Comments
. Ode to Joy My final symphony---my best by far!--- Which crowns a challenged life of brilliant works. Vienna’s finest came! Some from afar: Nobility, musicians, Prussians, Turks. A triumph! Yet it made my...

A Poem for the Canadian Trucker Protest: ‘Ottawa Ho!’ by Jack DesBois

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February 3, 2022
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Ottawa Ho! In the days of yore, it is written, All the dreamers would dream of the sea. __But the sailor’s way __Has become passé— It’s the trucker’s life for me! How I long for the open...

‘Lockdown’ by Caitlin Venniker

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January 18, 2022
Beauty, Covid-19, Poetry
9 Comments
. Lockdown The day sprawls wider than a yawn, a mouth that sucks a ticking clock, a door that lets the wind blow in, but no one comes to lift their fist and knock. The rain outside is free to run and fall and...

‘The Lost’ by Adam Wasem

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January 13, 2022
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Lost The fog rolled heavy, down to blunt the day, Sharp skyscraper tops dissolved into the gray. Pale ghosts condensed, one here or there, lone, gaunt: Scared eyes, blank masks, as if condemned to...

‘It’s Coming for You!’ by Sandi Christie

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January 8, 2022
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. It’s Coming for You! It’s coming to devour you, you know. There’s no escape no matter where you go. It waits and watches, hides behind the door With fetid breath from pathogenic spores. Far worse than...

’20/20 Vision’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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December 31, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. 20/20 Vision You’re lurking in the shadows with a wink. I see your flute of crystal, hear you pop Your cork as spirits soar and keen arms link To strains of Auld Lang Syne as clock hands...

‘The North Pole’s on Lockdown’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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December 23, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
31 Comments
. The North Pole's on Lockdown ‘Tis the night before Christmas; it pains me to say--- The North Pole’s on lockdown before the big day. The elves have been furloughed and fester in bed. The toy...

‘There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie,’ Nursery Rhyme Sung by Jack DesBois

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December 12, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video
13 Comments
. There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie sung to the tune of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" . https://youtu.be/luLcKkCHWFo There was a free nation that swallowed a lie. I don’t know why...

‘So Simple’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant

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December 10, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. So Simple Lies are told to Balkanize, To disenfranchise, federalize, To bloat the vote. An anecdote, A narrative, a false footnote To cast their spell on sheepish folk, Who swell with pride because they’re...

‘We Are in for Another Covid Christmas!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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December 8, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. We Are in for Another Covid Christmas! We are in for another Covid Christmas: __Lockdown tales of woe. ____Now forbidden to fly his sled __Santa is drenched in dread And Rudolph’s rosy nose has lost its...

‘A Shot in the Dark’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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December 2, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
35 Comments
. A Shot in the Dark   "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. " ---Ronald Reagan The experts push experimental science, Big...

‘CDC: Urgent Directive’ by Mike Bryant

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November 27, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
32 Comments
. CDC: Urgent Directive Dillard “Sparky” Barker Is a Doc at CDC. It seems he’s done a study That is sad for you and me. “Accidental deaths are At an all-time scary high. And just because we care We...

A Poem on Fauci and ‘Dead Puppies,’ by Joe Tessitore

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October 29, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Dead Puppies On a break from the propaganda mill I found puppies I thought I could kill, So I shot them with zombie-rich juice--- I am Fauci, I need no excuse. I just couldn’t believe how they screech, So...

‘Face-to-Face’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

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October 26, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. Face-to-Face Meeting up, Darjeeling tea, So familiar, you and me. Here’s your cup, you raise it up Do a little "cheers" to me, Joke on "hospital-it-tea," Say, “How healing is a cup, More than a mask,...

‘Prince Albert in a Can’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

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October 17, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. Prince Albert in a Can What can I say? I wore a mask and did The social distance thing, got Pfizer-vaxxed And tested negative five times (I kid You not!), did online research, asked A lot of questions,...

Three Poems on Having COVID-19, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 15, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle
48 Comments
. A Pox Upon My House a pantoum I heard the hiss of sickness as my mind cracked. I scoured and bleached and reached new hygiene heights. I locked down, muzzled up and shunned all contact--- Its moans and...

‘What Did Paul Revere?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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October 10, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. What Did Paul Revere? Listen, my children, and shed a tear, Because everything that he held dear Did vanish in the blink of an eye And banished, those who dared to defy The Bill of Lies of the Reign of...

‘Why Freedom Had to Die’: A Song by Jack DesBois

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October 6, 2021
Covid-19, Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video
3 Comments
. https://youtu.be/ErwnJkA4G68 inspired by a T-shirt at a Boston freedom rally You may be wondering why Freedom had to die. You may be wondering why Freedom had to die. If you were wondering why Freedom had...

On the Infrastructure Bill and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

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September 28, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. . The Cost of Infrastructure Our property association has Three rich folks down the street. Their houses are Much bigger than the rest, with more pizzazz, More rooms, more gadgets, and more space by...

‘At Brighton Beach (July 19, 2021)’ by Paul A. Freeman

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September 21, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Poetry
30 Comments
. At Brighton Beach the seagulls fly, they soar and circle in the sky; they swoop and steal the punters’ chips amidst the backdrop’s sailing ships and underneath the sun’s sharp eye. The lockdown days...

‘Leave Our Kids Alone!’: On COVID-19 Vaccines for Children, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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September 20, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
27 Comments
. Leave Our Kids Alone!  “Fauci: Officials Will Decide on COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendation for Children Aged 5 to 11 Soon” ---Epoch Times Headline 9/20/2021 The mask is off.   Come see the twisted...

A Poem on Vaccine Mandates: ‘Freedom Blighters’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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September 12, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
45 Comments
. “Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” ---C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology  It’s said that life’s a bitch and...

In Memory of Sean Howard: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

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September 5, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Poetry
9 Comments
. Sean who passed away this week in Honolulu, Hawaii Although there are a few who’ll grieve and mourn, Who’ll celebrate his life and then move on, The unexpected loss will be hard borne By those who called...

A Vaccine Mandate Protest Song by Jack DesBois

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August 30, 2021
Covid-19, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video
91 Comments
. Waking Up (Freedom Doesn't Come in a Can) A Protest Song Written and Performed by Jack DesBois I was lying in my bed, Waiting for the day to start, Waiting for the sun to get me on my way, And I...

‘The Gospel According to Galahad’ by Julian Woodruff

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August 27, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. The arrogant are all about these days. How disrespectful are their callous ways! They go about as freely as you please— No mask, no vaccine, carrying disease And likely death wherever they may go (Which...

‘Big Shots’ by Mike Bryant

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July 28, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
31 Comments
. You’re glad you’ve nabbed The Covid jab That’s newly fabbed In some large lab Created by The jaundiced eye, The sneaky, sly, Big corporate guy. The slimy thug, Our taxes sent To make the bug More...

‘Sequoia Forests, Plexiglass, and Masks’ by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
July 9, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
. This poem is inspired by a column in The Epoch Times written by John Falce, entitled “The Experience of Freedom” The rugged beauty of our land’s terrain Is varied, airy, beautiful, and wide, Reflecting...

‘The CCP Position on the Origin of Covid’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
June 15, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
. The CCP Position on the Origin of Covid Point to their part Of the globe, And you’re a racist Xenophobe. . . Conmander in Chief Things are quickly getting better, Many times Joe Biden’s said it. Though...

‘There Once Was a Very Big Lie’: A Limerick by Joe Tessitore

The Society
May 5, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Limerick, Poetry
43 Comments
. There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told us, To the Commies they sold us And we kissed all our freedoms goodbye. . . Joe Tessitore is a retired New...

On Wearing Masks: ‘For Shame’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
April 29, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. written while walking out my front door You weren’t born with that thing on your face, So look in your mirror and see the disgrace Of a coward whipped into his or her place--- Your dignity’s vanished and...

An Ancient Prophecy on Vaccinations Discovered by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 28, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Vaticination  Sibylla says, Fear archers of immunity! Beware the vanguard shock troops sharpening double tongues, Whetted with grave authority To weaken hearts and spew contagion into lungs. They bend...

‘CDC: New Guidance’ by Mike Bryant

The Society
April 13, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
37 Comments
. Dillard “Sparky” Barker Is a Doc at CDC. He’s announced a market- Driven cure for you and me. Helicaps—not beanies Are the answer to our prayers. The downward blowing breezes Now defeat all virus...

Short Pandemic Poems by Joe Tessitore

The Society
April 10, 2021
Covid-19, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
. The Plague They muzzle their breath, Sealed in rooms as if in tombs, Scared to death of death. . . A Tale from the City They’ve worn my patience very thin So I wear my mask upon my chin “Nose...

‘The House That Fauci Built’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
April 7, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. The House That Fauci Built by Dr. Weslie Ubeca Within the U.S. government, he was the highest paid He sighed, denied, and p-lied; he was a yo-yo on display. Like Doctor Faustus, Doctor Fauci, sold his soul...

‘Gonfalon’ by Paul Erlandson

The Society
March 12, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. Around the rearview mirror of my car There hangs a gonfalon of love divine. My talisman, my bright and guiding star, From which both fortitude and healing shine. What is this mighty banner hanging down? Not...

‘Advice from Dante’ on Mask Wearing and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
March 11, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
. Advice from Dante “If you hear nostrums* in the market cried, Behave like men, and not like witless sheep.” ---Dante, Paradiso, Canto V Behave like men, and not like witless sheep. The CDC has shown no...

‘The Final Solution, Take Two’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
March 10, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
. I heard the harvested remains Of infants coursing through my veins Will save me from the Wuhan Flu--- I’m gonna get some, how ‘bout you? Those babies were already dead, Their blood’s not really on my...

‘The Pox Fox’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 8, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
 . This silver-furred yogi of how to stay fit,  This bespectacled guru of health,  Is a growly voiced sage of nefarious wit;  A hoodwinking master of...
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